Guitar: The World's Most Seductive Instrument

Celebrate the significance, the magic, and the mojo of the world's most seductive instrument.

An obsessive, full-color book presented in an irresistible slipcase, Guitar features 200 instruments in stunning detail. Here are icons, like Prince's Yellow Cloud, Willie Nelson's "Trigger," Muddy Water's Thunderbird, and "Rocky," lovingly hand-painted by its owner, George Harrison. Historic instruments--Fender's Broadcaster, Les Paul's "Log," the Gibson Nick Lucas Special, the very first artist model. Hand-carved archtops, pinnacles of the luthier's art, from John D'Angelico to Ken Parker. Stunning acoustics from a new wave of women builders, like Rosie Heydenrych of England, who's known to use 5,000-year-old wood retrieved from a peat bog. And quirky one-of-a-kind guitars, like Linda Manzer's Pikasso II--four necks, 42 strings, and a thousand pounds of pressure.

Marrying pure visual pleasure with layers of information, Guitar is a glorious gift for every guitar-lover

Author: David Schiller
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Workman Publishing
Published: 10/01/2019
Pages: 216
Weight: 2.5lbs
Size: 11.50h x 7.30w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9781523507726


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 06/24/2019
Publishers Weekly 07/01/2019 pg. 56
Library Journal 11/01/2019 pg. 108

About the Author
Schiller, David: - David Schiller is an author of eclectic interests whose books include The Little Zen Companion, The Little Book of Prayers, and Guitar, among others. His books and calendars have more than 2 million copies in print. He lives in New York.